Well, I just got fully swatted. Not because I am a hacktivist online, not because I hack. No. It's because I trolled a kid on Minecraft.... (Yes. Fucking Minecraft.) Now anyways. It's been fun. I'm off for ever. I have to go to jury in a couple months. I might be on here though.... When the swat came, I was hacking into a server.... It didn't go well as I was hacking into a corrupt Banking Site & Government server. The cops came into my room.... They asked what I was up too. Of course they aren't IT people as they are of course just cops. But they noticed I was in a C99 shell via the URL of the Banking agency. ( I hadn't hacked the Israeli server entirely because Metasploit was still exploiting...) They didn't know what a C99 shell was, but the version clearly exposed a few things... To cut it short... Things aren't going well. My age is 16 and I'm probably done forever.... Not in the IT industry though. It's been fun...

Well, Apple, I'm a very high-end 1337 haxor. I'm just kidding. I'm a pro-anti oppression sorta guy. The bank was corrupt and the owner of it needed to get caught. Oh. And I have that kids Credit Card, IP, everything.... I have nothing left to lose. He's getting fucked.

Oh. Yeah. Well, my mom surely didn't like the gun pointed at her. My brother found em' sorta cool. I was sorta prepared. And yeah. 16. I started learning to hack at 10 because I found everything fascinating.

I didnt know about all this... but I loved my computer and all I could grt my hands on was games... but now I found this website... but I still cant leave that one game damn... league of legends... u wud know maybe... but I try to learn as much as I could cause I got a huge burden of exams and all... final high school year u know

The hack was extremely simple. I did multiple whois lookups on them. Found a subdomain vulnerable to ShellShock (Laughed my ass off). After found the ShellShock vulnerability, I exploited it. Found the websites were all connected. Logged on via a C99 shell, found passwords and more. Credit cards loaded. Found proof of the corruption, too. :)

"You're so cool" is a tad exaggerative.... I'm just a young Grey hat hacker. My exploitations are basic, but work greatly. I could easily do a 0day. But it's best to keep life simple. 0days are for when there is no other way. Which there always is...And yeah. Lot's of me will be seen.... Thanks for the complement though. <3

mostly because i am a 16 year old hacker myself and i found myself in a situation like this before. except i wasn't raided, since i didn't do anything illegal. i just hacked the local police station of my town and informed them of their vulnerability. then, instead of taking me to court, they asked for my help.

but i have a couple of questions, first one being, how can you still access the internet? didn't they lock you away?

second, how did your parents react? they sure aren't happy about all of this, are they?

if it may make you feel better: you probably won't get locked away. you will probably be forbidden to access a computer for 3 years (i was forbidden to access a computer for 3 weeks after that local police station hack).

and really? that bank was vulnerable to shellshock? ugh, how irresponsible some "super secured" banks and companies can be......

what else is there to say? good luck overflow. you were a good contribution to this community, and above all, a good friend.

He who is humble is confident and wise. He who brags is insecure and lacking.

I also doubt this is legitimate; his introduction thread states that he's 21 and looking at taking the Certified Ethical Hacker exam soon. An exam which requires at least 2 years in an Information Security position to even sit.

Last night someone called him out on blatantly plagiarizing a tutorial, kind of killing his credibility.

And then the next day he deletes the tutorial and also has what appears to be the most chill, civilized swatting in history. Oh, and he's a 16 year-old protege who is hacking the Israeli government, but whose opsec is so poor some kid on minecraft doxxed him.

My parents sorta kicked me out for sometime... Staying at this 'Friends' house... And yes. I probably will be restricted internet access gor a couple of years as I keep logs of my chats. Highly encrypted though. They'll need to givee some sort of help in order to get them. Anyways.... I'm fucked. I've done more then just a 'Bank'. Ive had a few problems with DDoSing, too... Many govts and corporations.... Lets just say... I probably will be screwed. As for Ghost, indeed. I did lie. As I believe I would not be taken serious if I said I was "16 years of old"....

Well, Ghost, I'm going to be honest. You're one of the most autistic persons I've met in my entire life. How the fuck would this count as a "Brag"???? No. Bragging would be not to get fucking caught and stay "Undoxable". That's what fucking bragging is. Now. If you're just dumb enough to assume that "Just got swatted. Got kicked out f my home. Living with a friend. Ain't got my laptop" is fucking bragging, then you're. Dark autistic gothic motherfucker.

"I keep logs of my chats. Highly encrypted though. They'll need to give some sort of help in order to get them." "I'm fucked. I've done more then just a 'Bank'. Ive had a few problems with DDoSing, too... Many govts and corporations.... Lets just say..." Braggadocio...?..

But in the opening post you said they saw what you were doing and asked? The lid was open encryption open and you could not of unplugged or logged out if SWAT was looking at you with shattered doors and windows around you right? I'm just curious and all

Sorry if I offend anyone by saying this but: This sounds like a novel taken from "WarGames" and "Hackers".

Never the less this is good to keep something constantly in our minds: Be stealth (or has much you can be). Go trough the basic stuff again: mac address changing, using free/open (when not craked) WLAN rather then yours, "good" VPNs, ToR, keeping sensible data on a flash drive... And so on.

Stay good (and no that crap of Happy Hacking, it sounds like the old tutorials of Happy Hacker)

If you feel somehow underestimated or wanted to look good at people's eyes, Null Byte is all for it. But the way you tried to push it so far with this lies doesn't make you honor. The cover? Was over from the beginning, not even going to mentione any other contradiction. Not only this, you've also been tricking those users who initially tought you were legit. But who cares while you are behind a screen, right?

We all spend time to contribute to this dream, we'd like to be respected.We are flesh humans too, a "sorry" would have been enough.

He shows a blatant disrespect to everyone here by not only plagiarising, but by making up stories to get praise. It's an insult to our intelligence that he thinks such a thinly veiled lie would not be spotted.

If he shows no respect to our community, I don't see why we should show respect to him.

So much of the story rung false. The fact that he was online right after being "swatted". Bragging about his exploits online where they could be used against him in court. Bragging about exploits that he obviously did not even understand.

ya know...I really trusted this guy. He said he was 21 on and taking an exam...then we found out he's 16. He posted a how to...then we found out he plagiarized.

To me, he seemed trustworthy before the plagiarism. After that, I began to have my doubts, but still respected him as a valued member to this community. Then I saw the swatting. I was worried, until he said he's 16. Honestly, I'm disappointed. Not only at him, but at myself for believing the things he said. As I'm sure many others here are as well. Disappointed, angry, upset. Because this is a trusted community. One that everybody felt comfortable with stating real things and coming up with new material for the community.

I mean, I'm 16 as well. I just started to truly learn about hacking. I straight up said I used to be a skidd, but nobody talked down to me for that. They were happy that I A.) admitted it, and B.) I'm interested in actually learning about hacking and the things that go on behind/because of it. I've never been talked down to or lied to directly by any member of the community, and I continue to show that same respect towards everybody here, as you should have as well. No, we don't hate you, but it will take time for you to earn our trust back.

Also, this shows a few valuable lessons. 1.) You can't hide things from hackers and forensic specialists. 2.) There's no point in lying, especially if you're going to be treated as an equal. 3.) Once you lie about something, you won't be trusted for a while. (if at all).